Vin, Rick will not admit that. Newt has reached out to him, and Santorum told him to go fly a kite. Looks to me like Santorum is on schedule for VP or Cabinet position if he hangs in there to split the conservative vote for Romney’s benefit.
Since South Carolina, Newt has done almost nothing helpful for Rick Santorum. His PAC attacked Santorum, his biggest monetary supporter going so far as to say that if Newt fell apart, he’d move the pac money to support Romney instead of Santorum.
Newt only won Georgia, and did so in a way that gave more delegates to Romney, and fewer to Santorum, by running robocalls not against Romney but against Santorum, pushing Santorum just below 20%, locking Santorum out of the statewide delegates and therefore giving 4 more delegates to Mitt Romney.
In Alaska, a caucus where Gingrich could have instructed his followers to vote for Santorum (like Huckabee did in West Virginia), Gingrich did not, and while taking a few delegates, cost Santorum a victory and gave a lot more delegates to Romney.
And Gingrich, by failing to compete in states where Romney was strong, allowed Romney to win by larger margins and collect more delegates. That is the most interesting statistic to collect if you want to see how well Gingrich is “helping” Santorum vs ROmney — compare the Gingrich percent of the vote in states won by Romney, versus the states won by Santorum. You’ll be surprised at what you find.
Yeah, ng. You’re right as to Santa and his guys. But, in the end, I doubt romney gives him any thing-— maybe, the invocation at the convention.